Mr Giuseppe Sforza
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon
Giuseppe Sforza studied medicine at the University of Bari in Italy, 1986 - 1992. After completion of his general surgical training, he continued his higher orthopaedic training at the same University.
He spent periods of fellowship at the Danderyd Hospital - Karolinska Institute, Stockholm - Sweden and at the Southern California Orthopaedic Institute in Los Angeles, USA, where he started research into shoulder arthroscopy and open shoulder surgery.
Between 1999 to 2000 he was appointed shoulder surgery fellow at the Reading Shoulder Unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital under Stephen Copeland and Ofer Levy, where he gained vast experience in shoulder and elbow surgery. In 2000 after completion of his fellowship at the Reading Shoulder Unit, he returned to Italy and was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at "Madonna delle Grazie Hospital" in Matera, Italy as head of the shoulder and elbow unit and from 2006 at Policlinico di Bari at the University Hospital.
Since 2001 he attended annually the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA for visiting fellowships under S. O'Driscoll and B. Morrey to improve his knowledge and clinical practice in elbow surgery. Since October 2004 he joined the Reading Shoulder Unit at the Indipendent Berkshire hospital. In 2005 he worked as Locum Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and shoulder and elbow surgeon at St. Peter and Ashford Hospitals NHS Trust for several months. In 2007, he was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Worchester NHS Trust.
He is a member of the board of the Italian Shoulder and Elbow Society and of the member of the Italian Arthroscopy Society where he has served on the Educational Committee, organizing some national meetings. He is ordinary member of the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. He has published scientific papers and chapters to books on Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.
